Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

It probably belongs in the 'Really obvious things that you've only just realised' thread, but there's all these people who run past where I live when I'm out for my run on a Saturday morning. They stand around in a car-park for a quarter of an hour, then they do exactly the same course every week no matter what the weather's like. It doesn't look like any sort of race, as only a handful of them are decent runners, and I just thought it was some fairly pointless local health initiative. It was only when I happened to look at the parkrun thread it dawned on me what was going on. And no, I've never done one, and I don't expect to break 45 minutes for 10K ever again.

It probably belongs in the 'Really obvious things that you've only just realised' thread, but there's all these people who run past where I live when I'm out for my run on a Saturday morning. They stand around in a car-park for a quarter of an hour, then they do exactly the same course every week no matter what the weather's like. It doesn't look like any sort of race, as only a handful of them are decent runners, and I just thought it was some fairly pointless local health initiative. It was only when I happened to look at the parkrun thread it dawned on me what was going on. And no, I've never done one, and I don't expect to break 45 minutes for 10K ever again.

[I think you told me which one it was but I've forgotten. Good luck with it, anyway. Also, I'd definitely recommend joining a running club.

It's the Chelmsford marathon. Not exactly a big event, but I think it's a fast enough course, and I'm aiming for under 3 hours.

I got 3:09:16 in the end. It was going well for most of it, but the last three miles killed me. I was on for under 3 hours for more than 22 miles though. It was also very windy because of storm Brian. Still, I've got London to make up for it.

Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.

And Birmingham was the final round of the championship. It was just me (and 511 other people) taking part, and the results are as follows, with points in brackets:

35. Gevin Chapwell - 19:31 (50)

35th is very low down for a time of 19:31, so it's a very competitive parkrun. I'm nowhere near PB form though, having had over three weeks off after the marathon (I went to Mexico and the US; it wasn't just slacking) and taking a while to get back to form. My PB time of 18:22 would have put me 9th, so there were a lot of people in the space of about a minute. Anyway, the final points table:

COLIN was the first CO-event of the year, and with it we had the first CO-parkrun event. Five of us were in attendance, but Mike Springett fell and was unable to continue, so there was some discussion as to whether he should count as an entrant for scoring purposes. But in the end, we decided that he should be included - after all parkrun is an inclusive thing. It's all about taking part. Or something. The results are as follows:

This was also a PB for Zubair, beating the previous 26:54 - an anagram of his new record. Rose has also escaped the PB list until now, so I'll do an update. Incidentally her PB of 25:46 is also an anagram of both Zubair's times.

Right, I'm going to put up a ranking list of Countdown/Apterous parkrunners. I'll check it every so often to see if anyone's beaten their PB, and if anyone is really insistent that they don't want to be on the list, then I can remove their name. And if I've forgotten anyone, let me know and I can add them. This list is unlikely to be anywhere near exhaustive.